Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Amelia Earhart just got into her friend's car when she heard her cellphone ring. 

Everyone in the SUV turned to stare at her direction. She gave them a pretentious smile, excusing herself out of the car as she got down to take the call.

It was from her aunt. She picked it up immediately.

"Amelia freaking Earhart, where are you and why are there dishes on the table and in my sink?" Her aunt's loud voice filled her ears instantly.

Amelia slapped her forehead in frustration. She had forgotten to wash the dishes when she got back home from school. Now, she was halfway across town to a party with her friends.

"Aunt Grace, I'm so sorry. I literally forgot. I'll be there to wash it soon" she replied in a low tone. No one was supposed to hear her being scolded for not doing the dishes.

"Listen here you brat, you better get your little bottom back to this house and wash this dishes or I swear to God, I will––

Amelia hung up the call and quickly switched her phone off. She was going to deal with her extended family problems later. Now was not the perfect place. She was headed to a party.

"Is everything alright?" Her friend, Tiffany called out to her from the window side of the SUV. Amelia turned to face her, she nodded her head, "Sure. Why wouldn't it be?"

Amelia was lying. Everything was not alright. She was supposed to be home, washing dishes and reading her books so she could get ready for their exams next week but here she was, a few hours away from a party with girls she didn't even know. Amelia sighed. This wasn't her. 

She had just turned nineteen last month and was officially considering herself to be a big girl. She wanted to go out more and dance a lot like her friends. She was a teenager in school for crying out loud, wasn't that what she was supposed to do?

"Maybe not" she answered her thoughts inwardly as she strolled back to the car. Her friends, Tiffany, Chloe and Madeline gave way for her to return to her seat inside and when she had finally settled in, they passed her a blunt.

"Here, have some. It'll take your worries away"

She shook her head.

"No thanks. I'm good" she smiled at them. Her mind wasn't at peace and the only thing she could think of was how she was going to be treated once she got back home. 

Was it even a home?

Everyone got into the car and Amelia braced her seat belts as she thought about her life right now. She was living with her aunt and uncle from her mother's side and it was horrible–– to say the least.

As she sat, looking out the SUV window as they drove off, she remembered everything. It was on a sunny day when the tragic accident happened. The one that shook her for life.

"Mama!!!" Her four year old screamed. "Papa" she yelled from inside of the car after a moving truck had crashed into her parent's car. There was blood everywhere, the car's bomber had squeezed in and her parents had been squashed with their body fluids everywhere. It was a gory sight and not something that a four year old should have seen but she did.

She saw it and ever since, the memory had lived with her. Amelia grew up hanging nightmares as a child because of it but she never told anyone. It was always her and her diary.

Her mother's sister and her husband didn't make matters easier.

When the accident had happened, they came to claim Amelia as their family but she wished they hadn't. If she could have stopped her younger self from following them, she would have. 

Growing up with them, they treated her as a slave, had her beaten and starved at the littlest inconvenience and were always verbally abusing her.

She sighed when their SUV got into a sticky road. Her body was pushed against her seatmate, Chloe, who was on her earphone with her earphones in.

"Don't worry, everyone. We're sorry about the inconvenience" Vivian the driver yelled from her steering wheel, "We're almost there"

Amelia swallowed hard. She nudged Chloe at her side, "Ever been to one of these parties before?" Chloe nodded. She took off the other piece from her ear. "No need to worry, it'll be fun, I promise"

Amelia exhaled. She hoped so. She needed it to be worth her time or she would be receiving new punishments for nothing.

******

They got to the party venue shortly after. Everyone got out of the SUV, straightening their legs and dresses. Amelia was the last to come out.

"Your dress looks amazing" Chloe complimented her. Amelia smiled as she did a little twirl to show her dress fully. The gold sequin dress sat comfortably on her body, draping over her shoulders as she bent a little to pick her handkerchief that fell down. Her dress was short and tight, revealing her legs and wonderful shape.

Amelia started to see men staring at her with their mouths open. 

"Thanks" 

Vivan, their driver and friend got in front of the bouncer to clear them before everyone entered. It was Amelia's first time going to a party in a club and so she didn't know what to expect. She had searched up how to act at a party the previous night. She got a few tips, hoping it would work. 

"Sit here!" Chloe shouted into her friend's ear while the loud music played. Amelia nodded. She sat comfortably and tucked a napkin in between her legs, hoping to avoid a see-through situation. 

A waitress brought them a glass of champagne each as they sat. 

"Compliments from the house" the waitress yelled to Chloe. 

Amelia took her glass of bubbling wine and was slowly drinking. The champagne tasted nice. It was nothing like she had ever tasted in her life.

"This is good"  her tiny voice screamed into the air as she tried to express her utter shock with wide eyes to her friend.

"Yeah, enjoy"

Amelia nodded, she leaned back into her chair, enjoying her drink. 

Everyone was gathered on the table having fun and talking. The club looked lively and entertaining as everyone started to move their bodies to the rhythm of the beat from the music the dj played. 

Amelia moved her shoulders too. She was tempted to stand up and dance but decided to keep calm. She didn't want to embarrass herself like that.

Her eyes roamed the different sections of the club until they caught a pair of blue sparkly eyes focused on her from across the room.

She swallowed hard. She took a second to fully observe him.

The figure smiled at her and then winked. Amelia felt weak in the knees. Her breath must have been taken away when she saw him swipe on his lower lips as his full attention remained on her.

"A Roman god"

Damn, who was he?